Nov 18 2008
Getting to Like the Extraordinary Form of the Mass
If anyone has been reading my blog from the beginning, you probably know my issues with the Extraordinary Form of the Mass is not with the Mass, but with the people associated with it. If not, an example can be seen at What Makes the Extraordinary Form Mass Unpalatable to Me.
Due to being extra busy on Saturdays with more errands than normal, I have been attending my parish’s 9:30 AM Extraordinary Form Mass since it is the most convenient (and the ORC I usually go to Confession is there on Sundays).
At first it was hard to follow (especially the beginning since I did not know about the Asperges which is not in the Order of the Mass in the Missal I have). However, I have gotten quite use to the Mass and see its appeal (although I wish my pastor would do a Low Mass every once and awhile on Sunday’s).
I keep in planning to go to the Extraordinary Form Mass on Sundays even after my Saturdays quiet down. I like having not to have to take 4 hours out of my Saturday just to go to Mass (my parish is about a 45 minute drive from me).
I still do not like some who are “associated” with the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, but I am not going to let that stop me from going.
